21 May 2007

The official Fun & Games caption contest is open to entries until Tuesday at 5 p.m., but I wanted to try a public vote and I've just configured this widget, so I figured I'd take this to the blogging public and see how it went. Results are non-binding, since this is a test run, but the tallies will likely be highly influential...

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Lowcountry Blogs is our attempt to keep up with the comings and goings of an active local blogging community. These days it's written primarily by Heather Solos of Moncks Corner Moments and administered by Dan Conover of Xark!. To have your site added to The Big Blogroll or the other lists here, e-mail us your URL, along with a one-sentence description of its focus, style, etc.
Heather's e-mail: Cantalyssa@aol.com; Dan's e-mail: conover@postandcourier.com.

On Tuesday, May 16, 2006, the first large gathering of Lowcountry bloggers met in Charleston at a harbor-front bar for the Inaugural Charleston Blog Party.
On the agenda: 1. Drinking; 2. Talking; 3. Posing for pictures with Windviel's incredibly cool Mustang.
Photos by Janet Edens Conover

Adam BoozerA local creative director's commentary on his new life in Charleston.

Afrogeek Mom and DadAfrogeeks: Black people who love Buffy and Star Wars, who have their own folder at the comic book shop, who thought Living Color (the band, not the show) was the bomb, who always wanted to know where the black elves were in D&D. And now they have kids.

Ask ElsaThe public editor at The P&C talks about fairness, ethics, and anything else readers want to know about their newspaper.

Audubon South CarolinaA blog by "Swampy," a.k.a. Mark Musselman, the director of education at the Audubon Center of the Francis Beidler Forest. The blog has an environmental focus and documents whatever strikes his fancy during the work day.

Feminists for ColbertWomen's and Gender Studies at the College of Charleston LOVES Stephen Colbert. Why? Not only is he a Charleston, SC native, but how great was his segment with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda

Smoke Free Action NetworkThis is a news source for all people who want to make South Carolina smoke free. Many cities have already enacted legislation on this issue, now it's time for the whole state to go smoke free.

Tartelette aux USAHelene is a baker three days a week, a personal trainer three days a week, has a master's degree in history and is a French woman married to an American man. Guaranteed to make you hungry.

The Back ChannelThe Charleston City Paper's omniblog has morphed nicely into a daily feed of the latest posts from the outfit's growing stable of staff-written special topic blogs.

The Birds and FishesAs the Curator of Birds and Fishes out at Cypress Gardens, and a huge fan of it too, I decided there should be a site about the weekly world of animal care. I hope to educate, enlighten and maybe add a laugh to your day.

The Blogland of Earl CappsVarious topics, but here's a blogger who not only writes about politics, he does some of his own reporting.

The Bushido WayAn entertaining mix of politics, sports and some kind of special sauce. Big on baseball.

Educators for Jim RexTalk education ideas with the campaign of a Democratic candidate for State Superintendant of Education.

POLITICSROCKS.COMA team blog based in Spartanburg devoted to politics, with an emphasis on state politics. The main writer is the son of a Democratic state senator. Team members also produce Sports Talk Rocks, a blog devoted to Palmetto State sports.